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Harrow 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow-on-the-Hill]
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DEATHS AT ALL AGES.
| The distribution of the 109 deaths according to age is as follows | |||
| Under 1 year | 33 | Under 5 years of age | 42 |
| Over 1 year and under 5 | 9 | ||
| Over 5 and under 15 | 0 | Over 5 years | 67 |
| Over 15 and under 25 | 5 | ||
| Over 25 and under 65 | 40 | ||
| Over 65 | 22 | ||
| 109 | 109 | ||
DEATHS IN HARROW HOSPITALS.
There were ten deaths in the Harrow Cottage Hospital.
Of these, four were those of residents in Harrow,
in the following parishes:-Two in Roxeth, one in
Greenhill, and one in St. Mary's.
There were six deaths of patients admitted from
outside the district:—Two from Wembley, three from
Wealdstone, and one from Watford.
In the Isolation Hospital there was one death of a
Greenhill resident.
DEATHS OF HARROW PAUPERS.
Six deaths of Harrow paupers occurred in the Hendon
Workhouse, three men and three women. Their
ages and the causes of death are as follows:—Heart
Disease, 53 years; Phthisis, 59 years; Malignant Disease,
65 years; three from old age, at the ages of 72, 77 and
84.
There were 44 paupers belonging to the district in
the Hendon Workhouse.
I have again to thank Mr. Strachan, your Clerk, for
procuring me the above and other information.
DEATHS OF RESIDENTS OUTSIDE THE
DISTRICT.
Five deaths were reported as having occurred in the
following Institutions:—
Napsbury Asylum.—Phthisis, age 23.
Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street.—Epidemic
Diarrhoea, age 9 months,